1st Edition
Latin America in Times of Turbulence Presidentialism under Stress
1. Introduction: Latin American Presidential Democracies in Times of Turbulence
Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet
2. The Limits of Presidential Impeachment: Lessons from Latin America
Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet
3. Referendums about Presidential mandates: Deviations or Correctives?
Yanina Welp and Laurence Whitehead
4. Hyper-Presidentialism under Question: Evidence from Chile
Christopher A. Martínez and Andrés Dockendorff
5. The Power of the Administrative Decisions of Latin American Presidents
Magna Inácio, Filipe Recch and Carolina Guerrero Valencia
6. Latin American Legislatures during the Pandemic
Manuel Alcántara, Melany Barragán and Mercedes García Montero
7. Court–Executive Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Business as Usual or Democratic Backsliding?
Mariana Llanos and Cordula Tibi Weber
8. Democracy, Electoral Institutions and Digital Platforms in Latin America
Gaspard Estrada
9. Dynasties, Double-Dealings, and Delinquencies: Some Entangled Features of Subnational Politics in Mexico
Jacqueline Behrend and Laurence Whitehead
10. Civil-Military Relations and Democracy in Latin America in the 2020s
John Polga-Hecimovich
11. Conclusion
Leonardo Morlino, Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet
Biography
Mariana Llanos is Lead Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies and Extraordinary Professor of Democratic Institutions in the Global South at the University of Erfurt, Germany. In her research, she compares Latin American political institutions, with a particular focus on the presidency, presidential impeachments, and courts-executive relations.
Leiv Marsteintredet is Professor at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, where he also currently holds the position as Chair. Marsteintredet has mainly worked on political institutions and democracy in Latin America focusing on critical events such as coups, presidential breakdowns, and presidential impeachments.
